Chicken Guacamole Burgers {GF, Low Cal, Paleo}

Chicken Guacamole Burgers stuffed with fresh guacamole make a tender, juicy burger bursting with spicy, creamy goodness! Take your traditional burgers up a notch with this EASY low carb dish. Paleo + Gluten Free + Low Calorie

Truth. Six months ago, I would’t eat an avocado if you paid me to. Now, you may be sitting there scratching your head wondering how someone who lost 80 pounds six years ago and has been a healthy food blogger for two years only recently started liking avocados.

But here’s the thing friends.

You don’t start eating healthy and immediately fall in L-O-V-E with healthy food. It takes time to make that change. There were a lot of healthy foods I didn’t eat when I first began my transition. You have to re-train your brain to eat food in its natural state, and that takes time.

The bottom line. You have to change your expectation about eating healthy and the length of time it takes to transform your taste buds to adjust to something you’re not used to eating. This is especially true if you’re eating a lot of processed foods.

Those foods have ingredients in them that play tricks on our brains which is why we become addicted to them (did you read the scary truth about soda?).

I actually did a Facebook video on the topic of healthy food tasting bad last week so if you want to hear the rest of what I have to say about this topic, or if you want to see my crazy hair click HERE. My hair is out of control these days. It has a mind of its own so I just give up. But that has nothing to do with healthy eating or these incredible Chicken Guacamole Burgers.

As I was saying, I didn’t love guacamole until a few months ago. It was a dessert recipe that got me eating more of it, and then one thing lead to another and suddenly I was putting avocado on everything. It’s like a tango, only in the form of salsa. Okay, so sometimes I think I’m funny and I’m not.

According to my all knowing nutrition books, avocados are one of the best monounsaturated fats you can put in your body. Hopefully they’re right because I’ve been eating a lot of them lately. 🙂

But these Chicken Guacamole Burgers. OMG. Holly creamy goodness! Basically, I tossed some homemade blender salsa with avocado, ground chicken and a few seasonings, tossed on the grill and had yummy chicken guacamole burgers to devour for a week. YUM!

This recipe would definitely work for ground beef or turkey. I do want to caution you on ground chicken though. Some ground chicken is made with other things so make sure it’s ground chicken breast (I got mine at Whole Foods), also be sure to buy organic with no hormones added.

Now go fire up the grill because you’re about to become obsessed over these tender, juicy chicken guacamole burgers!

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Chicken Guacamole Burgers {GF, Low Cal, Paleo}

Chicken Guacamole Burgers stuffed with fresh guacamole make a tender, juicy burger bursting with spicy, creamy goodness! Take your traditional burgers up a notch with this EASY low carb dish.

Author Megan

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 6 burgers

Calories 182 kcal

5 from 1 vote

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Ingredients

• 1 pound organic ground chicken breast
• 1 ripe avocado
• 4 tbsp salsa
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes adjust to taste as needed
• salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium heat.
2. Add all ingredients for the burgers to a small bowl. Using your fingers, mash the avocado and disperse the ingredients evenly throughout the meat.
3. Divide the meat into 6 even chunks and press each chunk between your hands to flatten and form into a thin burger patty.
4. Place the burgers on the pre-heated grill cooking 5 minutes on each side, or until cooked through.
5. Remove burgers from grill and serve immediately with your favorite toppings. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Nutrition facts per serving (1burger)

Calories 182 kcal

Fat 7.6 g

Saturated Fat 1.5 g

Trans Fat 0 g

Polyunsaturated Fat 6.1 g

Monounsaturated Fat 0 g

Cholesterol 64 mg

Sodium 128.4 mg

Potassium 0 mg

Carbohydrates 3.6 g

Fiber 2.3 g

Sugar 0.6 g

Protein 24.5 g

Vitamin A 0 %

Vitamin C 0 %

Calcium 0 %

Iron 0 %

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Now tell me one of your truths! Unless you want me to dare you that is!?!

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About Megan

Megan is a certified nutrition practitioner, author, freelance food photographer and fitness instructor living in Phoenix, Arizona. On her blog, Skinny Fitalicious she shares EASY, gluten free recipes for weight loss. Follow Megan on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram for the latest updates.